{"title":"Use of Songs, Rhymes and Games in Teaching English to Young Learners in Bangladesh","authors":"Shaheen Ara","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V2I3.4150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V2I3.4150","url":null,"abstract":"Although children learn a language faster than adults, they do not learn through traditional language teaching methods. Through fun activities children can learn a language better as learning becomes natural for them since these activities do not make them conscious that they are learning a language. In Bangladesh, since a proper learning atmosphere has not been ensured in children's English classes according to children's interest and psychological characteristics, benefit is yet to come from the compulsory English education at the primary level. In order to appeal to young learners' learning styles, songs, rhymes and games can be very effective tools for teaching children a foreign language. These tools can be used in children's classes to utilize their natural ability to learn a language. This paper introduces the benefits of some interesting tools in teaching children English and also suggests incorporating them at the primary level English curriculum in Bangladesh. Keywords: young learners, second language, teaching techniques, songs, rhymes, games, primary education. DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v2i3.4150 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics : Vol.2 No.3 February, 2009 Page: 161-172","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122883274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing Listening Skills for Tertiary Level Learners","authors":"Z. Alam","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V2I3.4141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V2I3.4141","url":null,"abstract":"Although ELT in Bangladesh is moving away from the traditional grammar translation approach towards a CLT framework, we still do not give emphasis to all four skills which is recommended in the communicative approach. As listening remains a neglected skill the writers argue for the need to incorporate this skill at the tertiary level in order to improve communicative competence and in particular proficiency in Academic English. The article first discusses the theoretical overview for teaching listening including listening for academic purposes. Then it presents practical and effective tasks and materials that are appropriate for the Bangladeshi university context and will develop students' proficiency in Academic English. DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v2i3.4141 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics : Vol.2 No.3 February, 2009 Page: 19-52","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116679799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gemination in Bangla: An optimality Theoretic Analysis","authors":"Somdev Kar","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3718","url":null,"abstract":"This paper attempts to identify and analyze different types of gemination processes in Bangla. The focus is mainly on the phonological representation of sound combinations which forms a set of valid geminates in this language. I argue for three major types of gemination processes present in modern Bangla and a stratification strategy for the relavant lexical items based on their origin (SB, NB and OB, depending on the native vs. two type of borrowings). An analysis of these gemination processes are given in the framework of optimality theory (OT). Therefore, the constraint-based analysis of OT is organized in a threefold argument structure for each stratum. The conclusion is drawn towards an understanding of gemination processes of Bangla for different categories of lexical items and their phonological formuations. DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3718 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: Vol. 1 No.2 August, 2008 Page: 87-114","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125957904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Semantic values in Translating from English to Bangla","authors":"Mohammad Daniul Huq","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3716","url":null,"abstract":"Translating from other languages to Bangla is confronted with multiple factors. Hindrance seems hidden within the system, or to say, with the applied discipline of this very language, pivot of all may be examined as the transference of semantic values from SL to TL. This paper tries to depict the nature of Bangla while examining the peripheral aspects related to a meaningful and ostensive translated version. Discussion with appropriate examples forms the main burden of the paper. Concerns of translation theories vs. problems will ultimately be taken up exposing Bangla in particular trivial examples. It is expected that, subjectivity and individual traits of an author will find expression in style register. DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3716 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: Vol. 1 No. 2 August, 2008 Page: 45-66","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121359608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bengali Upasarga: A morphological analysis","authors":"Khondokar Khairunnahar","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3722","url":null,"abstract":"In Bengali an upasarga- a special kind of prefx- is a vibrant element which is determined as bound morpheme in a morphological consideration. If words are analyzed structurally, the result is outnumbered words, which are mainly constructed by such a prefix. More specifically, most of the terms in Bengali are created with the help of these prefixes. Thus, the main goal of this paper is to provide a structural interpretation of such bound morphemes enriching the words in Bengali. Key words: prefix, bound morpheme, class changing, class maintaining, morphology DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3722 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics : Vol.1 No.2 August, 2008 Page: 157-168","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127277418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A socio-linguistics view of the resent mixed form used in Bengali","authors":"S. Nasrin","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3719","url":null,"abstract":"As a social phenomenon, language is frequently influenced by different social codes, orders, and customs of society. Apart from the structural variety of language, many social dimensions of languages, develop over the time, occur. Nowadays Bengali- a rich language of south Asia- is encountering such social dimensional changes, as it interacts with its complex socio-cultural components. More elaborately, Bengali exhibits frequently different sociolinguistic characteristics such as code switching and code mixing, bilingualism and multilingualism, social dialect and dialectal free variation, language maintenance and language shift. This paper provides a brief description of sociolinguistic terms mentioned above from the point of view of the recent changes in Bengali. Key words : speech community, sociolect, code switching code mixing, code shifting, language shift DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3719 The Dhaka University Jaurnal of Linguistics : Vol. 1 No.2 Augus, 2008 Page: 115-124","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114272189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An analysis of the sounds and words used in Pali Language","authors":"S. Barua","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3720","url":null,"abstract":"Pali is the name of the language of Theravada Buddhist literature. It belongs to Indo-European language family, especially to Middle Indo-Aryan. Tripitaka, the sacred text of the Buddhist, was first handed down in this language, and from then Pali was recognized as the language of literature. After the Tripitaka many religious and secular books were written in this language and thus, Pali became the language of a vast literature. It was originated in India, however, with the spread of Buddhism, it was accrosed the boundary of India and practiced in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh; and a noteworthy number of books were written in those countries in this language. Pali contains many elements or characteristics of other languages, such as Vedic, Classical Sanskrit, Shinhalese, Dravidan etc. Hence, scholars termed it as compromising speech'. The main objective of this article is to present a clear conception of the phonological and morphological characteristics of Pali language. DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3720 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: Vol. 1 No.2 August: 2008 Page: 125-146","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123773627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Cognitive Psychological Explanation of Difficulties in Learning Katakana","authors":"Muhammad Salim Hossain, M. K. Uddin","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3721","url":null,"abstract":"Japanese is one of the difficult languages for the non-natives. Every year many Bangladeshi students enrolled in language schools to learn Japanese. However, many of them eventually fail to continue the course owing to the difficulties in learning Japanese. The present paper investigated which script of Japanese seems difficult for the learners. The findings indicated that Katakana seems to be difficult for the learners than the Hiragana. Two cognitive psychological explanations of the difficulties associated with in learning Japanese specially Katakana is offered and concludes by suggesting ways to reduce drops-out. Key words : Distinctive features, Hiragana, Katakana, Serial position effect DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3721 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: Vol. 1 No. 2 August, 2008 Page: 147-156","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122263297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Colour terms in Bengali: A linguistic analisis","authors":"Shakhawat Ansary, Farida Baktiyara","doi":"10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/DUJL.V1I2.3715","url":null,"abstract":"A large number of colour terms is used both in oral and written form of all the languages of the present world. It is equally applicable for the Bangla language also. Since colour terms occupy an excessive place and play an important role in every language, innumerable researches have been conducted focusing their various aspects. It is doubtlessly sorrowful that research of this kind is void in Bangla. This paper is an attempt to make a list of colour terms used in Bangla, to point out their etymology, to analyze their structures and meanings and to find out their nature of social reflection and semiotic aspects. DOI: 10.3329/dujl.v1i2.3715 The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: Vol. 1 No.2 August, 2008 Page: 11-44","PeriodicalId":137374,"journal":{"name":"Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133492223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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